Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

"Will you let her go if I agree to your terms?"

Hugo nodded. "Yes, I'll let her go if you agree."

"I'll go sign the agreement upstairs now."

"Why go upstairs? Just print it and bring it here." Hugo sounded a bit rushed and annoyed.

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Richard, pretending not to notice Silas, calmly asked Hugo, "Can we negotiate? Let Pearl go, and I'll give you all my shares in the company."

"How do I know you'll keep your word? What if you don't follow through after I release her?" Hugo was cautious, suspecting they might be planning something.

"Transferring the president's shares isn't straightforward. We need all our family members to vote and decide."

Hugo couldn't care less about it and replied with a cold smile, "That's your problem to figure out."

after that, Silas made his move and aimed for the

off guard. He was shocked to see the knife fall

moment, Pearl used her elbow to hit Hugo's crotch, a weak spot her self-defense class had taught her

safe in his embrace. Richard hugged her tightly and was extra careful not to

back, and everyone's attention

should repent

his genuine concern, but felt nothing inside. There was no way he

late

you really say sorry to Mobius and Richard,

onto hope

talking to him? He doesn't think he did anything wrong," Sean said, convinced

didn't understand Hugo.

the most selfish person ever with a messed-up way of thinking. Talking to him was a waste of

picking up the knife and flipping it in his

was never wrong." He kept smiling, as if unfazed